Battle of Savona

The Battle of Savona was one of the first battles of the Italian Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars, occurring in early April 1796 when French general Napoleon Bonaparte's 892-strong army attacked and defeated the 428-strong Austrian army of Eugen Mercy d'Argenteau. The French Revolutionary Army faced a smaller foe, and their cavalry on the left flank outflanked the Austrians as the Austrian and French infantry set up firing lines in a wooded area in the center of the battlefield. The Austrian army was destroyed, with 363 Austrian troops and 87 French troops being killed during the battle.